After Twenty Years: The Future of the Third Wave
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October 1997
Volume 8, Issue 4
Mexico's New Politics
Mexico’s New Politics: The Elections of 1997
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Mexico’s New Politics: The Weight of the Past
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Mexico’s New Politics: The Shape of the Future
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Understanding Pluralism
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Beyond Mobutu: Kabila and the Congo
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The Media and Democracy: A Dialogue
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Haiti’s Flagging Transition
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The Failure of Third World Nationalism
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Bulgaria’s Symphony of Hope
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How Democracies Control the Military
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Teaching Human Rights in Cambodia
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The Clash Within Civilizations
A review of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington.
Islam’s Democratic Essence?
A review of Islam and Democracy, by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll.
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from: Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León’s state of the Union and the lower chamber president Porfirio Muñoz Ledo’s response; a communique of the June 1997 Summit of Eight; “The Homeland Belongs to Us All” by four Cuban human rights activists.
Election Watch
Reports on elections in Albania, Bolivia, Congo-Brazzaville, Croatia, Liberia, Mali, Mexico.